The Frankish Reich

Mr. Mayor wants a pardon of his own!

No. She's no longer interesting. She was never a doctrinaire liberal (probably had to act a bit that way to survive in liberal Madison), and she had interesting takes on various issues and events. Now? Kind of limited to the usual righty stuff: I get Trump, they just don't get him, etc, etc, without any deeper thought. Her commenters were also good. They're not anymore. They're one-note acts. Kind of like certain people here (and I'm not including you - you've said some clever and insightful things. Just not recently)

Trump said he would. "Next time." He's got papers!! You can't expect to dig into something like that in a mere 3 hours. Where would you fit in the exploding hydrogen car story? Coming along right after he releases his Obamacare replacement plan.

I voted for the rank choice ballot proposal here in Colorado. Interestingly, while the official Colorado Democratic (and Republican) Party is against it, Gov Polis is for it.

Nothing like a little alarmism. And this is one full week before election day.

Couldn't agree more. Thank you, Mr. Mayor of that Garden City of Tomorrow, Allentown PA.

Good for her. She's smart (and attractive; don't overdo it, girl!) and unfortunately she saw what side her bread would be best buttered on, hence the transformation into Right Wing Commenter At Large. Maybe there's a third act.

I may have mentioned (once or twice, in passing only!) that I'm a lawyer, and as a lawyer I enjoyed checking in on then-Prof Ann Althouse's blog. A nice mix of the personal and legal, as the best blogs were back in the day. Well, now she's retired, over 70, and married to one of her blog's former commenters. (Creepy? Romantic? Both?) And he's dragged her from sensible, rational commenter on all things legal and political to cheerleader for Trump. Really not worth reading anymore, since you don't get any original thought there. Ahh, aging and a senior's quest for love ...

As PPP's self-appointed Humor Critic, I have to say: I appreciate the sentiment, but it just isn't funny. Maybe throw in an ethic slur or two?

I still can't get over how a guy with Paul Pelosi's money couldn't find a better looking male escort. I mean, that's what happened, right? I read it right here! Elon Musk agreed too and he's The World's Smartest Man!

I'll believe it when she takes out the extra-long hair extensions and removes the soft focus lens. Until then, it's Trump Girl all the way!

Jubilee You Tube Channel. Sounds reliable.

You mean Puerto Rican?

I wonder why Sloppy Steve (back in the game!) said - long before Election Day - that the strategy would be to declare victory the night of the election regardless of what the returns were showing ...

Let's not lose sight of the big picture. Elon Musk and his SV friends like Peter Thiel have never hidden the fact that they don't like democracy. They like something like Plato's rule by the elites, by which I mean the intellectual elites. And of course, they consider themselves to be those elites. Trump is intellectually weak, and they know it. He is easily flattered. Thiel's protege, JD Vance, is now very close to the ultimate position of power. Trump can easily be manipulated by Vance and the SV "intellectuals." Elon Musk has already accomplished part of the plan, seducing Trump into making him the "government efficiency" overlord. Basically the OMB Director without the need for any public vetting. Again, what I'm saying isn't some wild conspiracy theory. Read what Thiel has said, and see what Musk is doing. And ask yourself why JD Vance - a Senator for all of 2 years with no actual record of accomplishment in his career - is suddenly one Burger With Ketchup Heart Attack away from the Oval Office.

And I'm sure this is true. Repeat after me: this is what happens when one party breaks an established norm. The norm no longer exists, and it becomes a pure power struggle.

Interesting. We'll see how much terrible down-ballot candidates hurt the presidential ticket. Same as Kari Lake in AZ, who is running a good 10 points behind Trump. This is the same kind of thing that destroyed the Republican Party in Colorado. They started nominated ridiculous joke candidates, which took them from having the Governor, to being competitive in state-wide races, to now being like a Democrat in Alabama, with no chance whatsoever in any state-wide race. All in about a decade.

I don't so much need policy. As a starting point, other than foreign policy the President shouldn't really even be making policy. But I do like clear answers to straightforward questions. Trump ducked those from Rogan even when Rogan politely pressed a bit. Yes, Kamala does the same thing. But Trump is the guy who's supposed to be breaking the standard politician mold, isn't he?

That second clip is brilliant. No laughs from the audience. Stupid riff again on hydrogen cars blowing up. That appears to be the new version of electric boats and the shark. Tell that Kill Tony guy to give him so new material. I'd suggest some combination of Halloween and Watermelons. That one always works.

I had to Google her. Zoraida Buxo (R-Floating Isle of Garbage)

No! Not Zoraida Buxo!! THE Zoraida Buxo? Say it ain't so. Doomed!

I forgot about Project 2025

Awfully nice of them to let us know on Tuesday ... could've kept us guessing right up till game time. Very different offense with Flacco v. Richardson.

I listened to parts of it, and yes, I thought Rogan was fair and that Trump comes off much better in that kind of quiet one-on-one format than he does with an in-person audience. But I also thought that other than "my 4 years was better than her 4 years" and "I have a secret plan to make everything better" (Ukraine, etc.) there really is nothing there policy-wise.

Jon Stewart is a comedian. Comedians have a kind of code (other than some of the recent lesbian feminist ones): they don't take offense at each others' material. I'm sure he wasn't offended by this Kill Tony guy. He may have been offended by the weakness of his material, but not at the content. I vaguely remember a time when a political event would not invite a comedian to do racial insult comedy. Or where a political convention wouldn't invite an Only Fans "performer" to speak. Maybe the context matters? Maybe what people say on a football fan forum in a tiny corner of the internet is not what they should say in a public appearance supporting a candidate for the most important office in the world? Just a thought.